Fairstone
The financial planning firm has hired Steve McNicol as chief development officer.
McNicol joins Fairstone from law firm Ward Hadaway.
Novia Financial
The platform business has named Lucy Bristow as strategic partnerships director for the group.
Bristow moves from the Novia-owned Wealthtime platform, where she has held a number of senior roles since joining the business from Embark in 2018.
Stonehage Fleming
The family office has hired Nick Toubkin as director to bolster the wealth planning team.
He joins Stonehage Fleming from Strabens Hall, where he was senior client director.
Gam
David Dowsett will be joining the firm as global head of investments on 4 April 2022.
He has worked for 18 years at BlueBay Asset Management.
Juan Landazabal, who is currently global head of trading will be promoted to head of investment platform.
Anthony Lawler, head of Gam systematic and multi-asset businesses, and Greg Clerkson, head of discretionary investments, have decided to leave Gam.
PineBridge Investments
The global asset manager has hired Kirk Sweeney as chief executive for Asia Pacific.
Prior to joining PineBridge, Sweeney was head of Asia and chief executive for Hong Kong at ExodusPoint.
Square Mile Investment Consulting and Research
The firm has named Charlie McCann as investment research analyst.
He joins Square Mile from NLP Financial Management, where he was responsible for maintaining model portfolios for discretionary clients.
Comgest
The global asset manager has strengthened its ESG team with two appointments.
Alix Faure, former head of sustainable investment at French asset management industry body AFG, joins the firm in the newly created role of head of responsible development.
Marie Gauthier, former assistant vice president of sustainable finance at the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Singapore, takes on the role of ESG specialist.
Investec Wealth & Investment
Justine Lobel has been named as an investment director for the firm in London.
She joins Investec from Sanlam, where she spent over four years providing discretionary portfolio management services to private clients, trusts and corporates.
Isio
The pension firm has appointed Ed Wilson as a partner in its investment advisory team.
Wilson joins Isio from WTW, where he was head of corporate investment consulting.
